All you ‘gear geeks’ gather around, This is the best article yet in understanding the in’s, out’s and in-between’s of a tactical fighting flashlight. -SF In a previous post about lights I explained that lumens themselves weren’t the end-all-be-all of a flashlight or weapon-mounted light (WML). Well, they still aren’t, but maybe not for the…
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Future of Warfare: Metal Foam Armor
For thousands of years, armor was something people wore. Gunpowder, which could launch projectiles straight through metal garments, changed that, and with the invention of the tank in World War I, armor become something people rode inside. The invention of Kevlar in 1965 brought back wearable armor, and then armor-piercing bullets were designed to punch…
The Surveillance State: NSA Wants to Share Citizen Data Mines with other Fed’s
Civil liberties and government transparency groups are rallying to oppose a new plan that would allow the National Security Agency (NSA) to share more of the information that it collects about people’s communications and activity on the Internet with other federal agencies. On Thursday, 33 advocacy groups signed on to a letter insisting the changes…
The Surveillance State: Spies in the Skies
America is being watched from above. Government surveillance planes routinely circle over most major cities — but usually take the weekends off. Each weekday, dozens of U.S. government aircraft take to the skies and slowly circle over American cities. Piloted by agents of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the planes are…
Modern Crime: Fed’s Try To Unlock Phones Because of Drugs NOT Terrorism
UNTIL THE FBI backed down from its battle with Apple over accessing the iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, it seemed the agency had chosen a near-perfect case on which to make its stand against encryption. By refusing to write software to help law enforcement crack Farook’s phone, Apple was made to…
Military Defense News: A Tour of the USS Zumwalt, America’s First Stealth Ship
A reporter for Defense News is the first to spend time on the USS Zumwalt as it conducted builders trials off the coast of Maine. The 610 foot long, 16,000 ton stealth destroyer, the first of her class, is undergoing extra testing before delivery to the U.S. Navy. The Zumwalt‘s iconic slab-sided profile, in which no…
Cyber-News: FBI Is Pushing Back Against Judge’s Order to reveal TOR Browser Exploit
Last month, the FBI was ordered to reveal the full malware code used to hack visitors of a dark web child pornography site. The judge behind that decision, Robert J. Bryan,said it was a “fair question” to ask how exactly the FBI caught the defendant. But the agency is pushing back. On Monday, lawyers for…
Espionage Files: More Foreign Spies in U.S. Now Than At Any Other Time in History
There are currently more foreign intelligence operatives in the United States than at any point in the country’s history, the former head of the House Intelligence Committee claimed on Wednesday. “There are more spies in the United States today from foreign nation states that at any time in our history — including the Cold War,”…
Cyber-Crime: Why Hospitals Are The Perfect Targets For Ransomware
RANSOMWARE HAS BEEN an Internet scourge for more than a decade, but only recently has it made mainstream media headlines. That’s primarily due to a new trend in ransomware attacks: the targeting of hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The malware works by locking your computer to prevent you from accessing data until you pay a…
Prepper Communications: Go-Tenna, The Off-The-Grid Comm Tool
goTenna allows users to communicate with one another through their smartphones to talk, text, and find their friends on a map, all without cellular service or Wi-Fi. With so many app’s on the market offering “off grid communication,” it’s tough to find the one that’s perfect for hunters that want something more than a…